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Britain’s failure to intervene in Syria conflict should be examined

9/10/2018, 2:23:01 AM
An independent inquiry should examine Britain’s failure to intervene in the Syrian conflict, MPs have said. ✔ An independent inquiry should examine Britain’s failure to intervene in the Syrian conflict, MPs have said ✔ In August 2013 David Cameron’s government was defeated in the Commons over intervention in Syria ✔ The committee said the failure to act had opened the door for Russia and Iran to intervene



No more! Spain CANCELS weapon sales to Saudi Arabia after Yemen WAR CRIMES claims

9/10/2018, 2:33:27 AM
THE SPANISH government has cancelled the planned sale of a huge consignment of laser-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia shortly after condemning the Gulf Kingdom’s military intervention in Yemen. ✔ Saudi Arabia intervened militarily in Yemen in 2015 (Image: GETTY ) Saudi Arabia, and other Gulf Arab states, intervened militarily in 2015 to support government forces ✔ The Saudis claimed the Houthis were receiving support from Iran, their regional rival ✔ There is no indication yet that this deal will be affected



Bob Woodward said Trump nearly provoked North Korea into war with a single tweet

9/10/2018, 2:16:29 AM
Woodward told CBS that Trump is fixated on the fact that the US spends $3.5 billion a year to station troops in South Korea, and once drafted a tweet which appeared to signal to North Korea the US' willingness to to go to war. ✔ Woodward told CBS that the most dangerous moment of Trump's standoff with Kim Jong Un came when the president went to produce another provocative tweet ✔ Kim told China's state broadcaster Sunday that North Korea is keeping up with its end of the agreement it reached in June and hopes the US keeps to its side of the deal



Saudi King’s brother ‘considering self-exile’ after Yemen war criticism – report

9/10/2018, 2:06:56 AM
The brother of King Salman is pondering whether he should return to Saudi Arabia after criticising the King and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the war in Yemen, the Middle East Eye reports. ✔ So he confronted protesters telling them to blame King Salman and the Saudi Crown Prince instead pic.twitter.com/IzSY3tMs1Q Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) September 4, 2018 After his comments were posted online the prince is considering not returning to Saudi Arabia, according to a report by the Middle East Eye (MEE)



North Korea takes strong turn for market economy under Kim

9/10/2018, 12:49:32 AM
undefined ✔ It was hard to imagine buying beef in the past, because cows were an important means of agriculture, Jeong said ✔ The Pyongyang skyline as seen in this 2016 AP file photo ✔ The low fertility trend is more notable among high-income households ✔ Divorce, in a way, is a declaration of independence by women



North Korea uses 70th anniversary to push economy, not nukes

9/10/2018, 12:59:13 AM
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea held a major military parade and revived its iconic mass games to celebrate its 70th anniversary, but in keeping with leader Kim Jong Un' ✔ (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves as he attends a parade marking the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Sept ✔ 8) North Korea stages parade, holds back on advanced missiles



Syria planning poison gas attack on rebels, U.S. says

9/10/2018, 12:01:16 AM
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has approved the use of chlorine gas in an offensive against the country’s last major rebel stronghold, U.S. officials said, raising the prospects for another retaliatory U.S. military strike as thousands try to escape what could be a decisive battle in the seven-year-old war. ✔ International efforts to avert an offensive have failed to dissuade Syria, Russia and Iran as they try to deliver a crippling blow to rebels who appear to be on the verge of defeat after trying for seven years to force Assad from power ✔ Syria is once again at the edge of an abyss, Francois Delattre, the French ambassador to the United Nations, said last week during a U.N ✔ Also popular on WSJ.com: We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment



Russia says U.S. dropped phosphorus bombs over Syria

9/10/2018, 1:48:47 AM
Russia's military said on Sunday that two U.S. F-15 fighter jets dropped phosphorus bombs over Syria's Deir al-Zor province on Saturday, the TASS and RIA news agencies reported, an allegation the United States denied. The air strikes targeted the village of Hajin, the last major stronghold of Islamic State in… ✔ Human rights groups have said the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State has used white phosphorous munitions over the course of the Syria conflict ✔ Russian and Syrian jets resumed strikes in Idlib and Hama on Sunday as Damascus stepped up its assault after a Russian-Iranian-Turkish summit failed to agree on a ceasefire



Russia accuses US of dropping DEADLY phosphorus bombs on Syria town

9/10/2018, 3:21:21 AM
RUSSIA’S military has claimed two US F-15 fighter jets dropped phosphorus bombs over Syria's Deir al-Zor province on Saturday. ✔ Human rights groups have said the US-led coalition against ISIS has used white phosphorous munitions over the course of the Syria conflict ✔ Russian and Syrian jets resumed strikes in Idlib and Hama on Sunday as Damascus stepped up its assault after a Russian-Iranian-Turkish summit failed to agree on a ceasefire



Trump administration to take tough stance against International Criminal Court

9/10/2018, 3:29:39 AM
The United States on Monday will adopt an aggressive posture against the International Criminal Court in The Hague, threatening sanctions against its judges if they proceed with an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Americans in Afghanistan. ✔ The draft speech says the Trump administration will fight back if the International Criminal Court formally proceeds with opening an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by U.S. service members and intelligence professionals during the war in Afghanistan



Big blow for Bodyguard fans

9/10/2018, 3:30:28 AM
BODYGUARD fans were left reeling last night after Home Secretary Julia Montague, played by Keeley Hawes, was killed off. ✔ The Afghanistan veteran turned police officer kept quiet about his post-traumatic stress disorder in order to be promoted to personal protection officer for the Home Secretary ✔ However, as with all TV dramas, who knows if her character was really killed off or if she will later come back from the dead



Trump hails dialogue with N Korea after Pyongyang military parade

9/10/2018, 2:38:12 AM
undefined ✔ North Korea believes that it has already made enough goodwill gestures such as the destruction of its nuclear test site and that the next step should be a declaration from the US to end the officially unfinished Korean war ✔ This, however, has not stopped North Korea from furthering developing its military capabilities



White House expected to warn of sanctions, other penalties if international court moves against Americans

9/10/2018, 2:12:08 AM
National security adviser John Bolton, a longtime critic of the International Criminal Court, to challenge the court’s jurisdiction in a speech Monday ✔ Stephen Pomper, who worked on issues related to the ICC in the Obama administration, said an attempt to weaken the court would exacerbate strains between the United States and allies in Europe and elsewhere who were supporters of the court ✔ Julie Tate and Carol Morello contributed to this report



Rights group accuses China of 'systematic campaign of human rights violations' against Muslims

9/10/2018, 12:45:13 AM
The Chinese government is conducting a mass, systematic campaign of human rights violations against Muslims in the far western region of Xinjiang, a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report claims. ✔ A demonstrator wearing a mask painted with the colors of the flag of East Turkestan and the Chinese flag attends a protest in Istanbul, Turkey in July 2018 ✔ This paranoia regarding Islamist extremism has often spilled over onto ordinary Muslims, who have seen restrictions placed on marking Ramadan, growing long beards, wearing veils and home-schooling their children



Sweden’s far-Right is handed election boost

9/10/2018, 1:11:12 AM
SWEDEN’S far-Right party last night made striking gains in the country’s general election, with around one in five voters backing anti-immigration policies. ✔ The success of the SD, who want the country to quit the European Union and put a freeze on immigration, follows a surge in popularity for other far-Right parties on the Continent ✔ The result will add to concerns in Brussels that it could give more voice to Eurosceptic groups and thwart efforts at closer EU integration



Full transcript: "Face the Nation" on September 9, 2018

9/10/2018, 12:49:13 AM
Guests included Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Mark Warner, Tom Perez, Ronna McDaniel, Rachael Bade, Mark Leibovich, David Nakamura and Amy Walter ✔ Read more transcripts from Face the Nation  here ✔ MARGARET BRENNAN: But attacking President Trump by name ✔ You-- you look at what's gone on in this country and-- and you-- you see a president that again I worked under Republican and Democratic presidents at the Justice Department ✔ We've trained twenty thousand field org-- organizers ✔ AMY WALTER (Cook Political Report/@amyewalter): Yeah



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